Café Mocha (BM 2099-50)
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Café Mocha (BM 2099-50) is a medium, warm orange from Benjamin Moore: LRV 42, so it reflects about 42 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Café Mocha
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Café Mocha by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Café Mocha, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Sandbank | SW 6052 | 40 | 1.9 | very close |
| Behr | Patchwork Pink | HDC-NT-06 | 42.2 | 0.3 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Naked Clay | 1008-10A | 41 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Taupe Tapestry | 1072-4 | 42 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore orange colors nearest to Café Mocha (LRV 42) by LRV.
Lighter than Café Mocha
Darker than Café Mocha
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2099-50 |
| Hex | #C5A99F |
| RGB | 197, 169, 159 |
| HSL | 16°, 25%, 70% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 42 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 71.4, 8.6, 8.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Orange |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Café Mocha (BM 2099-50), published as #C5A99F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Café Mocha (BM 2099-50)?
- Café Mocha has an LRV of 42. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Café Mocha is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Café Mocha in another brand?
- Patchwork Pink (Behr HDC-NT-06) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.3 (indistinguishable).
- Is Café Mocha warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Café Mocha as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.9; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.